Trump U-turn: Is Venezuelan oil really available to Cuba again?
The US says it will licence entities to sell the oil to Cuba except those linked to the Cuban government and military.
From Gaza to defence: Five key takeaways from Indian PM Modi’s Israel visit
Indian PM throws his weight behind Israel's Netanyahu even as genocide continues in occupied Palestinian territory.
Epstein and the politics of distraction
Scandal individualises corruption, creating a spectacle that redirects anger away from structural power.
Greek court sentences Predator spyware gang – politico.eu
- Greek court sentences Predator spyware gang politico.eu
- Greek court finds four guilty of prying on private data in wiretapping scandal Reuters
- Israeli spyware maker sentenced to 8 years in Greece’s Predator case The Times of Israel
- Greece Predator scandal: Four convicted over spyware affair that shook Greece BBC
- Ex-top Israeli Officer and Intellexa Founder Convicted in Greek Spyware Case Haaretz
World’s Leading AIs Were Given Nuclear Codes and Pitted Each Other in a War Game Simulation. It Went Exactly As You Expected – ZME Science
- World's Leading AIs Were Given Nuclear Codes and Pitted Each Other in a War Game Simulation. It Went Exactly As You Expected ZME Science
- AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations New Scientist
- AI really likes using nuclear weapons in simulated war scenarios. Here's why Axios
- AIs are happy to launch nukes in simulated combat scenarios theregister.com
- Top AIs insist on using nuclear weapons in war simulations Boing Boing
Italy calls for suspension of EU carbon market – Euronews.com
- Italy calls for suspension of EU carbon market Euronews.com
- Italy calls for suspension of carbon price in major attack on EU climate policy politico.eu
- The other side of the ‘net zero’ ledger Financial Times
- Industry asks EU to keep free carbon permits for longer Reuters
- VOLTAGE: Rome, Berlin pitch rival plans for weaker ETS Euractiv
Gaza mother recognises missing son on Israeli ‘for sale’ post
A mother from Gaza says she recognised her missing son listed as ‘for sale’ in a post shared by Israeli soldiers.
What is Greater Israel, and how popular is it among Israelis? – Al Jazeera
- What is Greater Israel, and how popular is it among Israelis? Al Jazeera
- Outcry after Ambassador Mike Huckabee suggests Israel has God-given right to Middle East land NBC News
- US ambassador's Israel comments condemned by Arab and Muslim nations BBC
- How Christian Zionism explains Mike Huckabee’s expansive view of Israel’s borders The Forward
- Huckabee: US investment in Israel is a ‘two-way street’ The Times of Israel
Italian woman awarded compensation after breaking ankle while working from home
University of Padua employee fractured ankle when getting up to fetch documents during video meeting
An Italian woman who fell and broke her ankle while working from home has obtained compensation in an unprecedented court ruling hailed a victory for workers’ rights.
In April 2022, the woman, an employee in the University of Padua’s law department, fractured her ankle in two places. The injury, which happened during a Zoom meeting where she fell after she got up from her desk to fetch documents, required surgery and treatment lasting more than four months.
Continue reading...Mafia accused of using Naples hospital for fraud and illegal transport of corpses
Four arrests over Camorra’s alleged infiltration of San Giovanni Bosco to carry out lucrative criminal activity
Italian police on Wednesday arrested four people over an alleged Camorra plot to infiltrate a Naples hospital, stage fake crashes for insurance payouts and spirit corpses away on oxygen-masked stretchers to profit from private ambulance transfers.
The investigation, prompted by the testimony of a state witness, uncovered a web of lucrative criminal activity allegedly carried out by members of the Contini clan of the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia, inside San Giovanni Bosco hospital. Prosecutors said the “operations were made possible by the organisation’s capacity for intimidation, a force that bent public officials and private citizens alike to its will”.
Continue reading...What is Greater Israel, and how popular is it among Israelis?
Recent US and Israeli comments on 'Greater Israel' trigger regional concerns over sovereignty and territorial expansion.
Italy calls for suspension of carbon price in major attack on EU climate policy – politico.eu
- Italy calls for suspension of carbon price in major attack on EU climate policy politico.eu
- The other side of the ‘net zero’ ledger Financial Times
- Industry asks EU to keep free carbon permits for longer Reuters
- EU ministers row on carbon pricing at competitiveness meeting Euractiv
- Italy Pushes to Suspend EU Carbon Market Ahead of Review Bloomberg.com
Kim’s Daughter Suddenly Looks Like a Mini-Me – Newser
- Kim's Daughter Suddenly Looks Like a Mini-Me Newser
- Kim Jong Un fuels succession buzz with daughter's matching leather jacket NBC News
- North Korea leader Kim's daughter appears at military parade, state media footage shows Reuters
- Dressed For Succession? Kim Jong Un, Daughter Match Coats, Fuel Speculation NDTV
- Exclusive: Kim Jong-un’s Daughter: Name Change, Missile Director Role 조선일보
Russia says it has handed over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies – BBC
- Russia says it has handed over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers' bodies BBC
- Next round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks set for early March, Zelensky says France 24
- Russians return bodies of 1,000 dead to Ukraine Ukrinform
- Russia Returns Remains Of 1000 Ukrainian Soldiers To Kyiv After 4th War Anniversary The Times of India
- Moscow and Kyiv Exchange Bodies of Soldiers Killed in War Caspiannews.com
Russia and Ukraine exchange more than 1,000 soldiers’ bodies
Russia's announcement comes as Ukraine's top negotiator met US peace envoys in Geneva.
World Economic Forum boss quits after review of Epstein links
Brende acknowledged communications with Epstein but said he was "completely unaware" of his past criminal activity.
Girl, 14, shot dead as South Africa’s ‘taxi wars’ hit school
Violence has plagued South Africa's highly competitive and lucrative taxi industry for decades.
Pauline Hanson’s daughter employed in taxpayer-funded job with NSW One Nation senator
Exclusive: Tasmanian Lee Hanson employed as senior adviser to Sean Bell in role worth as much as $180,000
Australian Politics podcast: One Nation woos progressive voters
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One Nation has employed Pauline Hanson’s Tasmanian-based daughter as a senior adviser to a New South Wales senator, in a taxpayer-funded role worth as much as $180,000 a year.
Guardian Australia can reveal that Lee Hanson, who lives just outside Hobart, was appointed as the senior adviser to Senator Sean Bell in October last year.
Continue reading...Albanese should demand reparations from Israel, say families of Australian soldiers whose graves were bulldozed
A third family says the Australian government must do more to hold Israel and the Israeli Defence Force to account, including demanding an apology
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The families of dead Australian soldiers whose graves were bulldozed by the Israeli Defence Force in Gaza have called for reparations and urged the Albanese government to hold Israel accountable.
Earlier this month, the Guardian revealed that the IDF had bulldozed parts of the Gaza War Cemetery – the resting place of Australian, British and Canadian soldiers who served in the first and second world wars.
Continue reading...‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases
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ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal ideation, a study of the AI platform has found, which experts worry could “feasibly lead to unnecessary harm and death”.
OpenAI launched the “Health” feature of ChatGPT to limited audiences in January, which it promotes as a way for users to “securely connect medical records and wellness apps” to generate health advice and responses. More than 40 million people reportedly ask ChatGPT for health-related advice every day.
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